G4526: σάκκος
sákkos · “sackcloth”
Definition
"sack"-cloth, i.e. mohair (the material or garments made of it, worn as a sign of grief)
KJV translates it as: sackcloth
Word origin: of Hebrew origin (H8242);
Extended definition
(cf. Heb. שַׂק, which it renders in LXX),
1. a coarse cloth, sackcloth, usually made of hair: Rev.6:12.
2. Anything made of sackcloth;
(a) a sack (Gen.42:25, al.);
(b) a garment of sackcloth, expressive of mourning or penitence: Mat.11:21, Luk.10:13, Rev.11:3.†
(AS)
Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon (1922) via STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0).
How G4526 is translated
- sackcloth ×3
- sackcloth. ×1
Bible verses with G4526 (sákkos)
Sákkos appears in 4 verses.
- Matthew 11:21
Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works, which were done in you, had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.
- Luke 10:13
Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon, which have been done in you, they had a great while ago repented, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.
- Revelation 6:12
And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood;
- Revelation 11:3
And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth.